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- Daria Feinstein
I've had Littlebird for 17 years and she never has laid an egg. This year there was more brooding/hormonal behavior among 3 of my 5 large macaws- Littlebird & Lucky bird were busy shredding paper and getting into skirmishes with Buddy who was building her own shredded paper nest . I have an 8 X 14 ' indoor aviary so that was an awful lot of paper. Sat. I noticed Littlebird straining and vommitting so I immediately took her to an excellent avian vet who extracted the egg. Her WBC was sky high so she was put on Cipro too. He delayed discharge until 4:00 PM today because she was vommitting early in the morning but by the afternoon she was pooping and the vommitting stopped. I have her home now and am dismayed by her appearance and behavior. She is sitting all by herself with ruffled feathers and her head tucked. She did eat and poop ( a small amount and not as formed as usual). What I'm worried about is Lucky bird, her pal of 15 years. Usually they are inseparable, but Lucky bird is pecking her and doesn't want to sit next to her. I know in the wild this signifies a sick bird the flock ostrasizes so not to attrack predators. Also , are there any tricks to giving Cipro by syringe- I wan't too successful getting it down her. She seemed to know what was coming and didn't cooperate . it went all over the place.